Brexit, supply chain issues, the pandemic, sustainability and consumer concerns about health and wellness look set to steer many food industry trends in 2022.
Denmark-based natural food colours supplier Oterra has completed its acquisition of Diana Food's natural colourings business, which includes its factories at Holbeach, Lincolnshire and Cossé in France.
A balance of domestic and export markets was the key to long-term prosperity for the UK meat industry, according to Meat Promotion Wales chair Catherine Smith.
Climate change and environmental pressures are the biggest medium to long term risks to the UK’s domestic food production, a new government report has said.
An inquiry into the Australia-UK free trade agreement's (FTA) impact on the food chain has been launched by the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (EFRA) Committee.
£2.7bn was wiped off UK food and drink exports in the first three quarters of 2021, compared to pre-pandemic levels, driven largely by a drop in exports to the EU.
UK pork, poultry and egg producers are protected from imports from their Australian counterparts by tariffs, although beef producers have weaker privileges, while an animal welfare clause is included in the Aussie-UK FTA.
Glass bottle manufacturer for the drinks industry Encirc has announced plans to build a £75m national distribution ‘mega hub’, reducing food miles and boosting sustainability.
Food inflation and rising labour costs will influence supermarket prices from now, with prices rising by at least 5% and the situation persisting throughout next year, according to one analyst.
A leading committee of MPs has expressed 'deep concern' about further Government delays on implementing checks on food imports from the EU, claiming it could undermine the competitiveness of British businesses.
British poultry producers have already been forced to cull birds after four instances of bird flu were identified at their commercial premises since the start of November.
Recent struggles to hire official vets at meat processing plants and abattoirs will not lead to shortages over the Christmas period, according to Food Standards Agency (FSA) chief operating officer Colin Sullivan.
World leaders have been urged to negotiate a global transition to a plant-based food system in an open letter signed by Intergovernmental Panel of Climate Change (IPCC) Scientists, Nobel Laureates and MPs.
The UK dominates the leader board, accounting for 60% of Europe’s top breakthrough innovations of the FMCG world, the NielsenIQ BASES annual report has revealed.
The Environment Food and Rural Affairs Committee is to quiz the Government about its response to the labour shortage crisis in the food and farming sectors of the economy.
More than 35,000 people have signed a petition urging supermarkets to stop importing eggs for use in British products, according to the British Lion Egg Processors.
UK lamb producers could be vulnerable to a breakdown in relations between Australia and China following the UK-Aussie free trade deal (FTA), levy body the Agriculture and Horticulture Development Board (AHDB) claims.
The UK’s free trade agreement threatens to be a one sided deal with little benefit for British producers that risks sacrificing food security and standards, warned members of the food and drink industry.
Action needs to be taken to curb the ‘terrifying’ rate of food inflation in the UK, Food and Drink Federation (FDF) chief executive Ian Wright has warned.
Mondelez and Saputo have defended their commitments to sourcing milk from sustainable producers, after a Greenpeace investigation linked the manufacturers to a complex supply chain that was devastating rainforests.
Peter Worsey, Sector Specialist in Food & Drink at WRAP, talks about the ways in which manufacturers and retailers can collaborate to improve their current performance and continue reducing food waste and surplus in the UK.
Government plans to allow 800 foreign abattoir workers into the UK on temporary visas will address immediate issues, but larger labour issues still need to addressed, warned members of the industry.
The European Commission (EC) is offering to halve the amount of paperwork for goods exported from Great Britain (GB) to Northern Ireland (NI) and slash food, plant and animal health customs checks by 80%.
Supplies of carbon dioxide (CO2) for the UK have been secured until the new year, thanks to a deal agreed between Government and supplier CF Fertilisers.
China’s latest ban of British beef imports over a case of bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) could damage future trade with the country, according to the Agriculture and Horticulture Development Board (AHDB).
UK seafood firms could avoid costly import tariffs thanks to the free trade agreement (FTA) between Iceland, Norway, Liechtenstein and the UK, according to a report, but the deal was largely 'an exercise in damage limitation'.
Kraft Heinz chief executive Miguel Patricio has warned people to get used to higher food prices, as rising production costs continue to put pressure on producers.
Events over the past 18 months have shown how fragile our global food system is. Fotis Fotiadis, chief executive officer and co-founder of Better Origin, discusses what can be done in this opinion piece.
The food industry's official recommendations for a National Food Strategy include doubling R&D spend, overhauling Apprenticeships, launching a skills campaign and a call for closer Government collaboration.
British consumers ‘overwhelmingly’ place their trust in UK food, but confusion around how much food is produced in the UK still remains, according to a new report from Red Tractor Assurance.
The food and drink supply chain has taken a beating over the past 18 months, with each new crisis piling on a new concern for business to worry about. But above all else, the main concern is how to get the supply chain moving again in spite of the recent...
Logistical barriers have made exporting prohibitively expensive for small businesses, according to a new report from GS1 UK and consultancy Enterprise Nation.
Food and drink businesses have saved more than 250,000 tonnes of food worth £365m from going to waste a year, according to charity WRAP and think tank IGD’s Annual Progress Report for the UK’s Food Waste Reduction Roadmap.
Chilled food logistics business EVCL Chill Ltd – including EVCL One, EVCL Two and EVCL Three – has entered into administration after struggling with challenges created by the heavy goods vehicle (HGV) driver shortage, placing more than 400 jobs at risk.
Her excellency Mariam bint Mohammed Saeed Hareb Almheiri, the United Arab Emirates’ minister of state for food & water security, addresses how technology can help solve food security problems in this exclusive opinion piece.
The heavy goods vehicle (HGV) driver shortage will only marginally improve by sourcing more EU workers; attracting UK drivers with better wages and working hours is preferable, a report has suggested.
The shortage of food-grade CO2 has not been fully solved, despite the Government claiming a coup in terms of brokering a deal to restart its production. We explore the problems that remain and the future implications for the food industry.
Ranjit Singh Boparan, owner of 2 Sisters Food Group and Bernard Matthews has warned the UK faces another cancelled Christmas, with the imminent CO2 shortage 'a massive body blow' threatening food supplies already challenged by labour shortages.
